Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

Medalists

Gold	Arsen Fadzayev  Soviet Union
Silver	Park Jang-Soon  South Korea
Bronze	Nate Carr  United States

Tournament results

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• SP — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser with points
• SO — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser without points
• ST — Won by Technical Superiority, 15 points difference
• PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• P0 — Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 — Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-11 points
• PS — Won by Passivity, while leading by 12-14 points
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• L — Losses
• ER — Round of Elimination
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Eliminatory round

Group A

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	4-0 ST	19-3	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	1
0	Amar Wattar (SYR)	4-0 ST	17-2	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	1
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:13	Dean Manibog (PHI)	1
0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	4-0 ST	19-3	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	1
0	Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE)	4-0 ST	15-0	Haobi Sihalatu (CHN)	1
1	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1-3 PP	4-12	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	0
1	Juan Caride (ESP)	0-4 TF	4:05	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	0
0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)			Bye
Round 2
0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	4-0 ST	16-0	Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	1
2	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	.5-3.5 SP	3-16	Amar Wattar (SYR)	0
2	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	0-4 ST	0-15	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0
2	Dean Manibog (PHI)	0-4 ST	0-15	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0
2	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	0-4 TF	0:17	Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE)	0
2	Haobi Sihalatu (CHN)	1-3 PP	3-12	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	4-0 TF	3:50	Juan Caride (ESP)	2
0	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)			Bye
Round 3
0	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	3-1 PP	8-7	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1
2	Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	1-3 PP	3-14	Amar Wattar (SYR)	0
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4-0 ST	15-0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	1
1	Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE)	1-3 PP	2-3	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)			Bye
Round 4
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	3-1 PP	10-1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	1
1	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	4-0 ST	17-1	Amar Wattar (SYR)	1
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3-1 PP	5-4	Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE)	2
2	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0-4 TF	1:31	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
Round 5
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	3-1 PP	12-4	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	2
1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	3.5-0 SO	12-0	Amar Wattar (SYR)	2
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3-1 PP	5-3	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	2
Round 6
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	3-0 PO	9-0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1
1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)			Bye
Round 7
2	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	0-3 PO	0-5	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1
0	Arsen Fadzayev (URS)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	0	-	16
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1	-	21
Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	2	7	11.5
Angel Yassenov (BUL)	2	5	12
Amar Wattar (SYR)	2	5	10.5
Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	2	5	10
Georgios Athanassiadis (GRE)	2	4	10
Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	2	4	8
Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	2	3	5
Haobi Sihalatu (CHN)	2	2	1
Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	2	2	0.5
Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	2	2	0
Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	2	2	0
Dean Manibog (PHI)	2	2	0
Juan Caride (ESP)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Cris Brown (AUS)	3-1 PP	13-3	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	1
1	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	0-4 ST	0-15	David McKay (CAN)	0
1	Gérard Santoro (FRA)	1-3 PP	4-9	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0
1	René Neyer (SUI)	1-3 PP	8-14	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	0
0	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	3-1 PP	11-1	Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	1
0	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	4-0 ST	15-0	Mohammed Shir (AFG)	1
0	Nate Carr (USA)	4-0 ST	16-1	Attila Podolszki (HUN)	1
0	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)			Bye
Round 2
1	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1-3 PP	2-3	Cris Brown (AUS)	0
1	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	4-0 ST	15-0	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	2
0	David McKay (CAN)	3-1 PP	7-1	Gérard Santoro (FRA)	2
0	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	4-0 ST	15-0	René Neyer (SUI)	2
1	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	1-3 PP	2-3	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	0
2	Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	1-3 PP	2-7	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	0
2	Mohammed Shir (AFG)	0-4 ST	0-15	Nate Carr (USA)	0
1	Attila Podolszki (HUN)			Bye
Round 3
2	Attila Podolszki (HUN)	0-4 PA		Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1
0	Cris Brown (AUS)	3-1 PP	7-1	David McKay (CAN)	1
2	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	0-4 ST	0-15	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0
2	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	1-3 PP	2-4	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	0
1	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	1-3 PP	3-11	Nate Carr (USA)	0
Round 4
2	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1-3 PP	7-9	David McKay (CAN)	1
1	Cris Brown (AUS)	1-3 PP	2-5	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0
1	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	3-1 PP	5-3	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	1
0	Nate Carr (USA)			Bye
Round 5
0	Nate Carr (USA)	3-0 PO	6-0	Cris Brown (AUS)	2
1	David McKay (CAN)	3-1 PP	11-7	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	2
0	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	3-0 PO	5-0	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	2
Final Round
Round 6
0	Nate Carr (USA)	3-0 PO	9-0	David McKay (CAN)	1
0	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)			Bye
Round 7
0	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	3-1 PP	3-2	Nate Carr (USA)	1
1	David McKay (CAN)			Bye
Round 8
2	David McKay (CAN)	1-3 PP	4-13	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0
1	Nate Carr (USA)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Tiebreaker
Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0	-	17	6
Nate Carr (USA)	0	-	14	4
David McKay (CAN)	1	-	14	1
Alexander Leipold (FRG)	2	5	11
Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	2	5	11
Cris Brown (AUS)	2	5	10
Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	2	4	6
Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	2	3	5
Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	2	3	5
Attila Podolszki (HUN)	2	3	0
Gérard Santoro (FRA)	2	2	2
Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	2	2	2
René Neyer (SUI)	2	2	1
Mohammed Shir (AFG)	2	2	0
Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1-3 PP	10-14	Alexander Leipold (FRG)
5th place match
Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	1-3 PP	1-4	David McKay (CAN)
Brozne medal match
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1-3 PP	1-5	Nate Carr (USA)
Gold medal match
Arsen Fadzayev (URS)	3-0 PO	6-0	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)

Final standings

1.  Arsen Fadzayev (URS)
2.  Park Jang-Soon (KOR)
3.  Nate Carr (USA)
4.  Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
5.  David McKay (CAN)
6.  Jukka Rauhala (FIN)
7.  Alexander Leipold (FRG)
8.  Angel Yassenov (BUL)

References

• Official Report